2018–19 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2018–19
DatesJuly 2018 – May 2019
ChampionsApertura:
Guastatoya (2nd title)
Clausura:
Antigua (4th title)
RelegatedPetapa
CONCACAF LeagueGuastatoya
Antigua
Comunicaciones
Top goalscorerAgustin Herrera (Antigua GFC) - 9 goals
Biggest home winMalacateco 5–0 Chiantla
(2018)
Biggest away winChiantla 0–3 Guastatoya
(2018)

The 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 21st season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began in July 2018 and ended in May 2019.

Team information

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Location of the 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División.

Deportivo Marquense and C.D. Suchitepéquez were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2017–18 Primera División winners. Chiantla and Deportivo Iztapa.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt Sponsors
Antigua GFC Guatemala Víctor Hugo García Mexico Juan Antonio Torres Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Chiantla Guatemala Damián Mérida Guatemala Alberto Salguero Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Coban Imperial Guatemala Jimmy Morales Guatemala Fabricio Benitez Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Uruguay William Coito Olivera Guatemala TBD Kappa Todo en Salud, Gatorade
Guastatoya Guatemala Léster Rodríguez Guatemala Amarini Villatoro Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Iztapa Guatemala Mario Mejía Guatemala Francisco Melgar Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Malacateco Guatemala Carlos Gutiérrez Costa Rica Ronald Gómez Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
CSD Municipal Guatemala Gerardo Villa Argentina Horacio Cordero Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Petapa Guatemala Luis Reyes Guatemala Norman Martin Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Sanarate Guatemala Ángel Pantaleón Uruguay Ariel Sena Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Siquinalá Guatemala Juan Pablo Godíne Guatemala Otto Rodríguez Guatemala Kelme TBD
Xelajú MC Guatemala Francisco Santos Guatemala Walter Horacio González Guatemala TBD TBD Tigo, TBD

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Petapa Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Resigned May 2018 Mexico Rafael Loredo May 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju Guatemala Walter Claveri Resigned to become coach of the national team July 2018 Argentina Ramiro Cepeda July 2018 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Chiantla Guatemala Marvin Hernández Sacked August 2018 Guatemala Alberto Salguero September 2018 12th (Apertura 2018)
Municipal Costa Rica Hernan Medford Resigned September 2018 Argentina Horacio Cordero September 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Siquinalá Argentina Daniel Berta TBD October 2018 Guatemala Otto Rodríguez October 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Sanarate Argentina Pablo Centrone TBD October 2018 Argentina Julián Trujillo October 2018 th (Apertura 2018)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Antigua GFC Argentina Mauricio Tapia Contract finished December 2018 Mexico Juan Antonio Torres January 2019 Th (Apertura 2018)

During the Clausura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sanarate Argentina Héctor Julian Trujillo Sacked February 2019 Uruguay Ariel Sena February 2019 th (Clausura 2019)
Xelaju Argentina Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 2019 Guatemala Walter Horacio González March 2019 8th (Clausura 2019)
Petapa Mexico Rafael Loredo Sacked March 2019 Guatemala Norman Martin March 2019 12th (Clausura 2019)

Apertura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guastatoya 22 13 5 4 34 11 +23 44 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Xelajú 22 11 7 4 28 17 +11 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 5 6 28 16 +12 38 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Malacateco 22 11 5 6 38 32 +6 38
5 Cobán Imperial 22 10 6 6 28 20 +8 36
6 Antigua GFC 22 9 7 6 24 24 0 34
7 Siquinalá 22 7 9 6 31 32 −1 30
8 Municipal 22 8 4 10 26 30 −4 28
9 Iztapa 22 6 7 9 23 28 −5 25
10 Sanarate 22 4 7 11 21 35 −14 19
11 Petapa 22 3 7 12 18 31 −13 16
12 Chiantla 22 2 5 15 15 38 −23 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ANT CHI COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN PET SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC 2–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0
Chiantla 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Cobán Imperial 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2
Comunicaciones 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2
Guastatoya 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0
Iztapa 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 0–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1
Malacateco 3–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–1
Municipal 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 3–4 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
Petapa 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–0
Sanarate 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Siquinalá 1–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 4–3 2–2
Xelajú 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Guastatoya 0 0 0
4 Malacateco 2 2 4 5 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0
5 Cobán Imperial 2 3 5 1 Guastatoya 2 1 3
3 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
2 Xelajú 1 2 3
3 Comunicaciones 1 0 1 3 Comunicaciones 4 0 4
6 Antigua GFC 0 0 0

Final

First leg
Comunicaciones1–2Guastatoya
Maximiliano Lombardi 68' Luis Martinez 30' 42'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 8,976
Referee: Walter Lopez
Second leg
Guastatoya1–1Comunicaciones
Angel Rodriguez 13' Jorge Vargas 65'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Mario Escobar

Clausura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Antigua GFC 22 12 5 5 36 20 +16 41 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Cobán Imperial 22 12 4 6 35 25 +10 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 32 14 +18 39 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Municipal 22 10 6 6 37 22 +15 36
5 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 24 20 +4 36
6 Guastatoya 22 9 8 5 27 16 +11 35
7 Chiantla 22 8 6 8 21 25 −4 30
8 Xelajú 22 8 5 9 27 25 +2 29
9 Siquinalá 22 7 5 10 23 25 −2 26
10 Iztapa 22 7 4 11 21 28 −7 25
11 Sanarate 22 7 2 13 22 38 −16 23
12 Petapa 22 2 1 19 12 59 −47 7
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ANT CHI COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN PET SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1
Chiantla 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–6 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Cobán Imperial 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–1
Comunicaciones 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–0
Guastatoya 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Iztapa 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–0
Malacateco 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Municipal 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 6–1 4–1 1–1 0–2
Petapa 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–0
Sanarate 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–0
Siquinalá 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 2–1
Xelajú 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Antigua GFC 0 2 2
3 Comunicaciones 0 1 1 6 Guastatoya 1 0 1
6 Guastatoya 1 1 2 1 Antigua GFC 1 1 2
5 Malacateco 0 0 0
2 Cobán Imperial 2 0 2
4 Municipal 0 3 3 5 Malacateco 2 1 3
5 Malacateco 0 3 3 (a)

Quarterfinals

First legs
Guastatoya1 – 0Comunicaciones
J. Corena 42'
Attendance: 921
Referee: Ever Lopez
Malacateco0 – 0Municipal
Attendance: 1337
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Second legs
Comunicaciones1 – 1Guastatoya
C. Estrada 22' 45+2' O. Domínguez

Guastatoya advances 2–1 on aggregate.

Municipal3 – 3Malacateco
F. de León 55'
O. Arce 88'
O. Moreira 90+6'		 10' 32' E. Santaliz
22' E. Herrera

3–3 on aggregate. Malacateco advances 3–0 on away goals.

Semifinals

First legs
Guastatoya1 – 0Antigua GFC
Á. Rodríguez 82' Nil
Attendance: 1,100
Malacateco2 – 2Cobán Imperial
J. Longo 20'
E. Herrera 53'		 51' (o.g.) W.Godoy
59' E. Guerra
Attendance: 1,722
Second legs
Antigua GFC2 – 0Guastatoya
Anllel Porras 54' 81' Nil

Antigua GFC advances 2-1 on aggregate.

Cobán Imperial0–1Malacateco
Nil Enzo Herrera 77'

Malacateco advances 2–3 on aggregate.

Final

First leg
Malacateco0 – 1Antigua GFC
Nil [1] Alejandro Galindo 27'
Estadio Santa Lucía
Referee: Bryan Lopez Castellanos
Second leg
Antigua GFC1–0Malacateco
Marco Dominguez 81'
Estadio Pensativo
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guastatoya (Q) 44 22 13 9 61 27 +34 79 CONCACAF League round of 16[a]
2 Comunicaciones (Q) 44 22 11 11 60 30 +30 77 CONCACAF League preliminary round[b]
3 Cobán Imperial 44 22 10 12 63 45 +18 76
4 Antigua GFC (Q) 44 21 12 11 60 44 +16 75 CONCACAF League preliminary round[c]
5 Malacateco 44 21 11 12 62 52 +10 74
6 Xelajú 44 19 12 13 55 42 +13 69
7 Municipal 44 18 10 16 63 52 +11 64
8 Siquinalá 44 14 14 16 54 57 −3 56
9 Iztapa 44 13 11 20 44 56 −12 50
10 Sanarate 44 11 9 24 43 73 −30 42
11 Chiantla (R) 44 10 11 23 36 63 −27 41 Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso
12 Petapa (R) 44 5 8 31 30 90 −60 23
Source: Soccerway Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ As Apertura champions (GUA1)
  2. ^ As runners-up with better aggregate record (GUA3)
  3. ^ As Clausura champions (GUA2)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2018-2019 season. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace. [2] Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Antigua GFC
  • Mexico Agustin Herrera
  • Argentina Alejandro Diaz
  • Costa Rica Jose Mena
  • Costa Rica Adrián De Lemos
  • Costa Rica Anllel Porras
  • Costa Rica Rafael Lezcano
  • Colombia Juan David Osorio
  • Argentina Pablo Mingorance
Chiantla
  • Mexico Luis Omar Hernández
  • Mexico Liborio Vicente Sánchez
  • Mexico Sergio Alejandro Blancas Martínez
  • Mexico José Abraham Alpuche
  • Mexico Juan Carlos Meza
  • Mexico Diego Bartolota
  • Mexico Daniel Guzmán Miranda
Coban Imperial
  • Uruguay Álvaro García
  • Uruguay Adrián Elois Leites
  • Brazil Janderson Pereira
  • El Salvador Josue Flores
  • Guadeloupe Victor Guay
  • Uruguay Jonathan Charquero
  • Argentina Jorge Luis Sotomayor
  • Paraguay Orlando Moreira
CSD Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
  • Mexico Isaac Acuña
  • Mexico Omar Dominguez
  • Mexico Emmanuel Alejandro Tapia
  • Colombia Jose Coreno
  • Costa Rica Aaron Navarro
  • Costa Rica Jose Sanchez
  • Costa Rica Jorge Ignacio Gatgens
  • Panama José Calderón
Deportivo Iztapa
  • Brazil Rafael Moreira Rafinha
  • Brazil Fredy Marques
  • Colombia Luis Alfonso Páez
  • Mexico Raúl Nava López
  • Argentina Ramiro Rocca
  • El Salvador Lester Blanco
Deportivo Malacateco
  • Costa Rica Víctor Bolivar
  • Costa Rica Gabriel Leiva
  • Costa Rica Kenny Cunningham
  • Mexico Luis Ángel Landín
  • Uruguay Willinton Techera x
CSD Municipal
  • Costa Rica Andrey Anthony Francis
  • Costa Rica Irving Esteban Calderón
  • Argentina Wálter Aníbal Acevedo
  • Argentina Jonathan Hansen
  • Argentina Omar Salazar
  • Uruguay Matias Malvino
  • Mexico Othoniel Arce
  • Mexico Luis Angel Ladin
  • Paraguay Orlando Moreira
  • Nicaragua Juan Barrera
Deportivo Petapa
  • Mexico Raúl Calderón
  • Colombia Yeltsin Car
  • Cuba
  • Cuba
Sanarate
  • Argentina Juan Lovato
  • Argentina Cristian Alexis Hernández
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Lazaneo
  • Argentina Fabián Castillo
  • Argentina Lucas Emanuel Acosta
  • Argentina Cristian Daniel Taborda
  • Costa Rica Víctor Bolivar
  • Honduras Jorge Zaldivar
  • Honduras Jonathan Posas
  • Colombia William Zapata
  • Mexico Juan Carlos Silva
Siquinalá
  • Honduras Quiarol Arzu
  • Mexico Cesar García
  • Costa Rica Jean Andrés Scott Hernández
  • Mexico Othoniel Arce
  • Costa Rica Verny Scott
  • Costa Rica Diego Sanchez Corrales
  • Colombia Luis Gerardo Arroyo
  • Colombia Julio Andrés Valdez
  • Mexico Sergio Alejandro Blancas
  • Costa Rica Christopher Solano
Club Xelajú MC
  • Mexico Carlos Kamiani
  • Uruguay Bernardo Long
  • Costa Rica Álvaro Aguilar
  • Mexico César Morales
  • Honduras Juan Yax
  • Uruguay Dario Ferrera
  • Uruguay Álvaro García

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)